I was really impressed with all the films in the class and the different ways that people interpreted the brief.

Grace’s Film:

Elements that worked well:

• Transitions between scenes

• Animations showing images of what the protagonist is talking about

• The Different shot types of the protagonist when she was being interviewed

Suggestions:

• Some of the transitions were a bit much such as the squares sliding across the screen, instead I would of just down simple transitions to keep the focus on the protagonist.

• Some of the cartoon/animations are a little irrelevant to what she is talking about and draws away the serious attention of what the protagonist is saying. Alternatively she could

Andrew’s Film:

Elements that worked well:

• The transitions from the stock footage to his own filmed footage worked really well and transitioned so you couldn’t tell the dramatic difference of what was already found footage

• The dramatic turning point about how his mother was a nurse and had an incident with her own father- a good dramatic turning point that links her job to her family which really showed the passion she had for it

Suggestions:

• Nothing that I noticed

Fiona’s Film:

Elements that worked well:

• I really liked the background music because it contrasted well to the subject of the film as he was a graphic designer and the music was quite computer generated/techno

• The font that she chose for the opening and closing sequence was very clear and also related to the graphic design idea

Suggestions:

• I would personally have more of a dramatic turning point for the film instead of instead purely talking about his job (one main point of the film)

Hattie:

Elements that worked well:

• The opening sequence where the voice over is heard over the title which was very clear and helped the audience understand straight away what the documentary was about

• The found footage contrasted very clearly to the film as she was talking about her past job as being a nurse and the old footage made it more realistic.